07/27/2026
141 Species. One Connected Landscape.
We recently finished compiling and verifying the bird records for Bonaparte Meadows, bringing together historical observations and recent field surveys from across the property.
The completed inventory documents 141 bird species connected to the open water, peat fen, wet meadow, willow thickets, forest edge, and surrounding uplands.
Among them are:
🪶 31 WDFW Priority Habitat and Species birds
🪶 13 Washington Species of Greatest Conservation Need
🪶 11 Washington Species of Greatest Information Need
🪶 5 birds with state endangered, sensitive, or candidate status
Birds do not experience these habitats as separate pieces. They move between wetland, meadow, shrubs, forest, and uplands to feed, nest, rest, and raise their young.
That connected landscape is why the central goal of the Bonaparte Meadows campaign is to keep the entire 745-acre parcel intact. Protecting the broader landscape preserves the connections that allow birdlife, and the larger ecosystem, to function as a whole.
Explore the full bird inventory, conservation designations, photographs, and field observations: https://okanoganlandtrust.org/birds-of-bonaparte/
Photo: Pied-billed grebe nesting, Bonaparte Meadows- KE Conservation Photography
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